THE CONGRESS: The Big Target

The clangor of political strife
resounded in Washington last weeknot Democrats attacking Republicans,
or vice versa, but Democrats flailing at Democrats. With time running
out on the first session of the 86th Congress, Democrats exploded with
pent-up frustration at their inability to make a partisan record and
get hold of an issue. Their No. 1 target: their own shrewd,
well-tailored Senate majority leader, Lyndon Baines Johnson.

In a flurry of manifestoes and speeches, the party's liberals roared out
their annoyance at Compromiser Johnson's policy of trimming Democratic
plans to fit political facts...